Hello, I posted earlier about Lightroom being very very slow and hogging the CPU in % and CPU time. I was told by staff to uncheck the use graphics checkbox in preferences. That seemed to work. I took a few pictures and am now trying to import them and it is so slow. I am unable to use this application. Now I have no way to import and edit my photos. I checked in preference and that box is still unchecked.

Hello, that was no help. I did use Photoshop CS6 version 13.0.6 and imported the photos I could not import with Lightroom. CS6 handled it all with ease. Editing, etc. I checked Activity Monitor on OS X 10.11 and with CS6 running the % of CPU usage was extremely low as compared to over 93 % with Lightroom. Also looking at preferences in CS6 the use graphic card checkbox is checked. In Lightroom I was told to uncheck it and it was not much help. I have imported thousands of photos into Lightroom over the past few years and hopefully this issue can be corrected. I don't even want to think about re-importing those thousands of photos into CS6 because Lightroom is inoperable. Right now it is so slow I can't even use it.

I think that Nothing official yet Ian. A lot of them were at Adobe Max and have only just returned to the offices. They can’t miss the outcry so I would expect them to address the concerns, although that’s more likely to involve adding the missing functionality into the new dialog rather than bringing back the old one as it was. All I can say is I’d recommend waiting it out at the moment.

onapthanh, I agree with you that it would be best to wait for this to be sorted out. Lightroom seemed to work well until the last two updates with the last one really slowing it down. I can use CS6 for the time being to work on my photos until a fix comes out.

I'm having similar issues. Metadata filters not working...constantly hogging 90+% of CPU...even when I'm not using (but open) the app. Editing is a test in patience! 6.2.1. initially fixed my concerns but it has since gone back to 6.2-like behavior. I've tried the preferences file fix to no avail...need help.

Is there a setting tweak...should I delete and reinstall...or wait for a patch?

jinx town, personally I am going to wait for a patch. I don't know how much you depend on Lightroom. But It is my go to app, though I can use CS6 until they come out with a patch. In OS X 10.11 I can use time machine to go back to an earlier version of Lightroom 6. When I have the time I may do that and see how that works.

"I’d like to thank our customers for their patience while the team reviewed several options for restoring import workflows and addressing quality in Lightroom. We can now confirm that, in our next dot release, we will restore the previous import experience. We are still working on details and timing. In the meantime, if you need to restore previous import functionality prior to the next update, please refer to this document on how to roll back to Lightroom 6.1.1 (https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/roll-back-to-prior-update.html).

We will continue to investigate ways to improve the ease of use of our photography products and will do so via an open dialog, with both existing and new customers.

I have found that a temporary work around - note: works for a while, only - is to turn off your wifi before opening LR. Do not sign-in if it prompts you. I only turn on wifi when I need to. It seems to perform normally w/o wifi turned on. Once I do so, however, it goes back to hogging CPU.

Lightroom 6.3/CC 2015.3 is now available -- try updating to that version which includes the previous import functionality, bug fixes, and new camera/lens profile support: Lightroom CC 2015.3 / 6.3 now available